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(No Model.)

J. MARSHALL.

' CAN FAUOET.

No. 366,230. Patented July 12, 1887.

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54 6 4 d E if UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

, JOHN MARSHALL, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CAN FAUCET.

SPECIFICATION'forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,230, dated July 12,1887.

Application filed Septemher22, 1886. Serial No. 214,245. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it. known that I, JOHN MARSHALL, of Brooklyn, in the county ofKingsand State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement inFaucets for Cans, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cans having a pouring-spout which is controlledby a valve closing upon a seat on the under side of a plate which may beformed by the head of a can or by a separate cap or plate appliedthereto,the said valve beingoperated by a stem passing through a not orguide in said plate. The valve is usually circular and closes upon aseat which has the pouring spent, and also usually a vent-opening withinits circumferonce.

The object of my invention is to provide,in connection with such valveand pouringspout, a filling opening or mouth through which the can maybe filled;and the invention consists in a novel combination of partshereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of a platecarrying a faucet embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is an in vertedplan of the plate and faucet.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in bothfigures.

A designates the plate, which may, if de sired, constitute the head of acan, but which is usually of small size and soldered to the head in awell-known manner.

B designates the valve upon the under side of the plate,which is securedupon the stem 0, and said stem is screw-threaded and fitted to a nut,11, formed in or attached to the plate. The valve B when raisedsufficiently closes tightly upon the under side of the plate A, and thesurface I) of the plate on which the valve closes constitutes avalveseat. The valve B may consist of a disk of metal faced upon theupper side with leather or other comparatively yielding material,b",soas to close tightly upon the valve-seat b.

D designatesa pouring spout which extends from the plate A, and theinner Orifice, d, of this pouring-spout is within the circumference ofthe valve seat 1); hence when the valve 13 is closed upon the seat 0 theinner orifice of the pouring-spout D will be closed and no liquid canflow therefrom,even though the can be tilted into a horizontal position.

The portion of the plate A which is within the Valveseat b is here shownas struck up or offset upward from the general planeof the plate inorder to form within the eircumfen enee of the valveseat a raisedchamber, A from which the pouringspout D extends. I have also shown inthe plate A asmall opening or perforation, 6, through which air mayenter to vent the can when the valve is opened and when pouring liquidfromthe spout D. This vent e is, it will be observed, closed by thevalve 13.

The raised chamber A and the valve seat I), as here shown, are notconcentric with the center of the plate A,but are located near one sidethereof, thereby affording room within the circumference of the plate Aand beyond or outside the valve-seat b to locate a filling throat ormouth, E, which may be closed by a hung or cork, F. This filling-mouthprovides for filling the can with liquid at the first filling or at anytime after it has been emptied.

What I claim as my invention, and. desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

The combination, with a plate having a valve seat and a valve-stem guideand a pouring-spoutwithin the circumference of theseat, and also havinga filling throat or month beyond or outside the seat, of a valve fittedto the seat for closing the inner orifice of the spout and having a stemfitting said guide, substantially as herein described.

JOHN MARSHALL.

\Vitnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES, EMIL HERTER.

